Hi, I'm Ashanti and I'm a cultural worker!
I write poems, plays, and essays centered around Black history and culture. My debut short poetry collection, Black Under, won the Spring 2020 Black River Chapbook Competition and my work has appeared in The Rumpus, POETRY, Container, and elsewhere. I also:
- Create tapletop games on https://ashanticreatesgames.itch.io/
- Organize a free digital library of radical Black books at whlibrary.org
- Write a monthly newsletter about Black archives, Up in the Attic
Best ways to support me & my work:
- Read my book - click here for a list of places to find Black Under
- Become a paid subscriber to Up in the Attic ($10/mo. or $100/yr.)
Representaton: Coriolis Company
Twitter/Instagram: @ashanticreates
Email: ashanticreates [at] gmail [dot] com
Cover Art: "Untitled" by Mariah Quintanilla | IG: @mariah_quintanillaBLACK UNDER
Poems by Ashanti Anderson
Black River Chapbook Competition Winner
Black Under layers outward perception with internal truth to offer an almost-telescopic examination of the redundancies—and incongruences—of marginalization and hypervisibility. Anderson torques the contradictions of oppression, giving her speakers the breathing room to discover their own agency. In these pages, declarations are reclamations, and joy is not an aspiration but a birthright.
Read reviews of Black Under in Tupelo Quarterly and MADDBLACKREADS.
WHERE CAN I FIND BLACK UNDER?
Help spread the word - Request Black Under at your favorite bookstore or library.
ORDER BLACK UNDER ONLINE
FIND BLACK UNDER AT MY FAVORITE BOOKSTORES
READ BLACK UNDER AT THE LIBRARY
SELECTED WORKS
Study Room (2018)
Credit: Writer
Winner of the 2018 Haley's Flight Page to Screen Short Film Competition
A young woman races against the clock to finish her term paper on time while being harassed by annoying classmates.
Bleak Magic (2021)
Credit: Writer
When a conjure woman perfects a potion for “Black power,” she uncovers the nefarious desires of her clients.
Reach Out
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